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  /**
  * @author Vladimir N. Molotkov, Stepan M. Mishura
  */
  
  package android.org.apache.harmony.security.asn1;
  
  import java.util.Collection;
  
  
  /**
   * This abstract class represents ASN.1 collection type.
   * 
   * The value for such type is a collection of zero or
   * more occurrences of a provided type. 
   * 
   * @see http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/en/standards/index.htm
   */
  
  public abstract class ASN1ValueCollection extends ASN1Constructured {
  
      /**
       * A value collection of this ASN.1 type
       */
      public final ASN1Type type;
  
      /**
       * Constructs ASN1 collection type.
       * 
       * @param tagNumber - ASN.1 tag number
       * @param type - ASN.1 type
       */
      public ASN1ValueCollection(int tagNumber, ASN1Type type) {
          super(tagNumber);
  
          this.type = type;
      }
  
      /**
       * Provides an object's values to be encoded
       * 
       * Derived classes should override this method to provide
       * encoding for a selected class of objects. 
       * 
       * @param - an object to be encoded
       * @return - a collection of object's values to be encoded 
       */
      public Collection getValues(Object object) {
          return (Collection)object;
      }
  }